Purse.



J. M. SUNDEAN. PURSE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1908.

926,908. Patented July 6, 1909.

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JOHN M. SUNDEAN, OF HUDSON, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed September 3, 1908. Serial No. 451,518.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, Jol-IN M. SUNDEAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hudl son, in the county of St.Croix and State of' lillisconsin, have invented a new and useful P'urse,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coin purses.

The object ol the invention is to provide a purse ol this characterhaving a novel form of closure for the mouth of the purse, the closurebeing ol such character as to permit ol: its ready manipulation for thepurpose of permitting access to the interior of the purse lor thepurpose of selecting and removing coins therefrom, and which shall be soconstructed. and arranged as to be positive in preventingI theaccidental escape of money when once closed.

A lurther object is to adapt a purse lor carrying coins and paper money,and to cause the security of both against loss to be equal.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a coin purse as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part ol this specification, andin which like characters oi' reference indicate corresponding parts:--Figure 1 is a top plan view of a purse constructed in accordance withthe present invention, showing the closure closed. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the closure opened. Fig. 3 is a vertical transversesectional view through the purse shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal sectional view through a slightly modified form ofpurse. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of a closure for the coinpurse shown in all of the figures.

The purse shovm in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 comprises a circular back 1, anannular front 2, a closure designated generally 3 and an annular closureguide or keeper 4.

The back, front and keeper will be generally constructed of leather,while the closure will be constructed of some substance having relativerigidity and leXibility such as indurated liber, metal, or artificiallystillened leather.

As shown in Fig. 5, the closure comprises a disk 5 which is providedwith an approximately semi-circular opening 6, constituting a mouth of asize to permit inspection and removal of the coins container by by aneyelet 12 a tab 13 by which the purse. The mouth is adapted to vbeOpened or closed by a semi-circular cover 7, which is somewhat greaterin diameter than the mouth, and is held assembled with the disk or body5 by an eyelet S. The disk is secured to the front by a circular row otstitches 9, and to the keeper by a similar circular row of stitches 10,while the liront and back are secured together by a circular row olstitches 11. The cover has secured to it the cover may be rotated toopen and close the mouth as will be obvious by reference to Fig. 2. Theconnection between. the Vfront and the back and the closure is such asto permit the purse to be distended so as to adapt it to con tain asuitable amount ot' silver or other coin. While it will generally bepreferred to make the back and front circular as shown, yet as will beobvious these parts may be polygonal in contour, and still be within thescope ol the invention.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the front 14 is extended toform one side of an elongated pouch, the other side of which is formedby elongating the back 15. This arrangement will cause the bag or pouch16 formed by the elongated back and front to contain a large amount ofcoin. As a further object in elongating these parts, namely to adaptthese purses for carrying paper money, and this is secured by attachinga third iiap 17 to the lront and back by a row of stitches 18 thatextends around the bottom and edges of' the three extensions. This thirdflap provides in combinatioiii with the back a pocket 19 in which papermoney may safely be deposited, and when the eX- tension of the pouchformed by the parts 14, 15 and 17 is Jolded upon itself, the paper moneyplaced in the pocket 1Q will be securely housed, but at the same timewill be ready of access. l

The improvements herein defined, while sim le in character, will befound thoroug ly efficient and will not require the provision ol specialmachinery in their construe tion.

I claim z- 1 A purse comprising a ileXible back, an annular flexiblefront secured thereto, and a closure comprising a rigid apertured disksecured. to the front, and carrying a cover slidable over the aperture.

2. A purse comprising a iiexible back, an annular lieXible front securedthereto, a clol. l) l) sure secured to the front, said Closure eeniy myown, I have hereto affixed my signature prising a rigid apertured diskJand a @over i in thepresenee of two Witnesses. carried by the disk 1andshdabieover lts aper- JOHN M. SUNDEAN. ture7 and a keeper ior theclosure comprising an annular member secured to the disk and Vitnesses:overlapping the cover. H. J. PENFIELD,

In testimony that I elaiin the foregoing as ,1 J. A. JOHNSON.

